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December 12, 2013 • Issue no. 31 Volume 27
Boise, Idaho
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Harsin’s home in time for the holidays Former Boise State offensive coordinator returns to the Blue Turf as head coach
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We’re coming home...One of the hardest decisions we ever made was leaving Boise. We did that so I could become a better coach, so I could one day have the opportunity to return as head coach— that day has arrived. —Bryan Harsin
On Dec. 11, five days after the departure of eight-year head coach Chris Petersen, Boise State announced the hire of their newest football coach, Bryan Harsin. Harsin comes to Boise State after a one-year stint as head coach at Arkansas State where he went 7-5 in his debut season. Harsin led the Red Wolves to a tie for the Sun Belt conference championship. Harsin, a Capitol High School graduate, played quarterback for the Broncos from 1995-1999. Harsin served as a member of the coaching staff for the Broncos from 2001-2010 and was the offensive coordinator from 2006-2010. In his stint as offensive coordinator, the Broncos posted two perfect seasons in 2006 and 2009 and capped them off with BCS bowl wins in 2007 and 2010. “We’re coming home,” Harsin said in a statement. “Kes (Harsin’s wife) and I are thrilled about returning to Boise State; it’s a special place built by special people. One of the hardest decisions we ever made was leaving Boise. We did that so I could become a better coach, so I could one day have the opportunity to return as head coach—that day has arrived.”
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Sitting in Goldy’s Corner Café with a turquoise typewriter in between them is Katlyn Garside, a senior creative writing and French major at Boise State, and Kylie MacEntee, a local writer. Every Wednesday at 5 p.m. these two come together and offer to write poems and short stories for any stranger who ventures to ask for one. They call this performance art, “words on demand,” and so says the small sign that they propped up on the end of their table. “There’s no charge or anything like that; it’s basically just to get our writing out there,” MacEntee said. “Words on demand” allows the two to create pieces of work on the spot. It’s not only to get their names out there, but also to hone their skills. “Essentially we just set up with a typewriter and our signs, letting people know that they can request a story or a poem or anything and we write it out and give it to them,” MacEntee said. Garside and MacEntee have been doing “words on demand” for about a month. All of the pieces are written on pieces of paper that are 5x7 inches. Each piece they hand out is signed, numbered and marked with the name of their company, Ripe & Ruin. MacEntee initially started the company to sell the earrings that she makes, but now the company has expanded to anything that is creation. The two met through a writing workshop that they had put together with mutual
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friends. After the workshop died down, they wanted to keep writing and get their writing out to an audience. The number of people who ask for a piece varies with each week. “It’s very dependent whether something is going on downtown or not,” Garside said. They choose to write on a typewriter because it’s the easiest way to write something that is legible, can be printed automatically and handed out. “It keeps you from being able to edit your work; we like to have the mistakes included,” MacEntee said. “It shows the process of writing.” People can come to the table with suggestions of what kind of story or poem they want. Once they were asked to write Harry Potter fanfiction. Another time, a person emailed them his photos from his recent vacation and asked for a story inspired from those. Others will give the reigns completely over to the writers. “It’s kind of whatever we want to write if somebody doesn’t give us a prompt,” MacEntee said For the most part, Garside will write the poems and MacEntee does the short stories. If there is an overwhelming demand for one or the other they will crossover. Sometimes MacEntee will also write letters or journal entries for the participants. They write at Goldy’s because it is a comfortable location for them and they enjoy the people that come through. It also doesn’t hurt that Goldy’s is very supportive of what they do.
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“They are extremely supportive of people in the art community and it’s just a great vibe here,” MacEntee said. In general, the people who receive their work are very ecstatic about the pieces they get. So far, they haven’t had any negative feedback. After they write each piece, they don’t keep a hard copy, but they take a photo of each piece they hand out to keep for a portfolio that they are compiling of their work. “I think we’ll notice something in our writing evolve as we keep progressing and doing more and more of this,” MacEntee said. As the project grows, Garside and MacEntee would like to include other people. “Eventually we would like to have an open typewriter where we can have guest writers,” MacEntee said. “If they want to sit down and participate for however long, they’re welcome to even if they’re strangers to us.” To stay updated with “words on demand,” look up Ripe & Ruin on Facebook.
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Katelyn Garside sits with her trusty typewriter ready to make words.
Moisturize Me The rain fell on Bad Wolf Bay, drizzling over the ghostly apparitions of beachy mists on lost travelers.
And as the waves returned to the shore, the water washed away the morning apparitions through wafts of mid-morning sun
The drips of water faded each form on the cold beach morning What was tangible and What was not.
~Katlyn Garside
Transparent hands reached through the blue and the grainy wafts of sand from the morning tide.
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